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EPACRIDACEJE. (J. J. SMITH.) 



STYPHELIA NUTANS J. J. S. in Nova Guinea, viii. (1912) 800, t. cxlv. 

 Var. ARFAKENSIS J. J. S., var. nov. 



Frutex ramosus, raraulis tenuibus, sicco anguktis, pubescent! bus, dense foliatis. 

 Folia pulvinis inserta, alterna, patentissima, brevissime petiolata, knceokta, plerumque 

 leviter acuminata, acuta, minutissirae erecto-ciliokto-serrulata, c. 5-7-nervk, nervo 

 interme<lio et interdum nonnullis sequentibus supra impressis, eoriacea, supra nitiduk, 

 subtus pallidiora, c. 0'7o-l'2 cm. longa, 0-125-O225 cm. lata ; petiolus a dorso com- 

 pressus, puberulus, c. O'075-O'l cm. longus. Inflorescentice terminales, brevissimse, 

 breviter peduncuktae, dense 5-6-florse, pedunculo squamis imbricantibus adpressis 

 tecto, cum rhachide puberula c. 0-3-0-4 cm. longo. Bracteae persistentes, flori 

 adpressae, late ovato-triangulae, obtusae, concavse, ciliolatae, intus puberulae, dorso 

 prominenter nervosae, pergamaceae, bene O'l cm. longae, O'l cm. ktae. Floret 

 sessiles, toti c. 0'5 cm. longi. Bracteolee adpressae, orbicukri-ovatae, obtusiusculae, 

 concavse, cilioktae, intus puberulae, dorso prominenter nervosa?, pergamaceae, 

 c. 0-15 cm. longae et latae. Calyx alte 5-partitus, kciniis adpressis, imbricatis, 

 ovatis, obtusis, concavis, ciliolatis, intus puberulis, dorso prominenter nervosis 

 pergamaceis, c. 0'18-0'2 cm. longis, 0'13-0'16cm. latis. Corolla ample tubulosa, 

 ad c. | partes infra apicem 5-fida, extus gkbra, intus | partibus superioribus apice 

 laciniarum excepto laxius villosa, explanata c. 0'36 cm. longa, fere 0'5 cm. kta, 

 laciniis erectis (semper?), triangulis, obtusis vel subacutis, dorso elevato 5-nervosis, 

 c. 0-125 cm. longis, fere O'l cm. ktis. Stamina 10 ; fikmentum adnatum, quain 

 anthera latius, apice tantum liberum ; anthera deflexa, parva, laciniis corollae multo 

 brevior, oblonga, curvata, c. 0-05 cm. longa. Pistillum e basi depresso-globosa 

 angulata conicum, in stylum attenuatum, gkbrum, c. 0'225 cm. longum, 0'12 cm. 

 diam. Discus cupuliformis, 5-lobus, extus longitudinaliter 5-sulcatus, gkber, vix 

 0*05 cm. altus, bene O'l cm. diam., lobis angulato-rotundatis, repandis, concavis. 

 Fructus globosus, 10-locukris, loculis 1-spermis. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, ridge between <J and ? lakes, undergrowth in 

 open forest, 7500'. Fl. Dec. 5631. 



Distrib. (of type). New Guinea (D.S.W., Hellwig Mts., von Roemer, 

 van Nouliuys). 



Provisionally, I have described this plant as a variety of S. nutans J. J. S. 

 The branchlet 1 have seen is more tender than the type-specimen, with thinner, 

 distinctly angled twigs, and smaller leaves with a densely downy petiole. 

 The flowers hardly show differences. Better material, perhaps, would show 

 that the plant ought to get specific rank. 



The flowers are said to be white. 



STYPHELIA GJELLERUPII J. 0. S. in Novu Guinea, xii. (1915) 540, t. ccxx. 



Arfak Mts., Koebre ridge, between (J and ? lakes, on open burnt summit 

 plateau, 9000'. Fl., Fr. Dec. 5604. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, Gjellerup). 



Shrub, flowers white, berries pink. 



